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In
confusing and challenging times, laughter, friendship
and mirth are some of the main ingredients of a nourishing
meal for tired and care-worn spirits. We are honored to serve
up "soul food."
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"Chautauqua
- a gathering that is typically American in that it is typical of
America at its best."
- President Theodore Roosevelt
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New
Old Time Chautauqua's band rocks-out at the Moisture
Festival, Seattle, WA, Spring, 2007
Photo by: Michelle Bates
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Upcoming
Projects:
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Our
Summer Tour:
The
Aqua Chautauqua Tour
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July
19, 2008
Port
Townsend , WA
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Saturday
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| A
Benefit for the Northwest
Maritime Center & Wooden Boat
Foundation's Youth Education
Programs and New Old Time
Chautauqua. |
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July
22, 2008
Waldron
Island, WA
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Tuesday
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July
25 , 2008
Lummi
Island, WA
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Friday
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| Partnering
with the Boys and Girls Club.
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July
27 , 2008
Bellingham
, WA
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Sunday
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| Partnering
with Bellingham Parks and
Recreation Boulevard Park.
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August
2 & 3, 2008
Port
Gamble , WA
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Saturday
& Sunday
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| We
are pleased to be part of
the Great Peninsula Future
Festival. The theme of this
festival is sustainability;
the approach is to have fun
while informing people about
how to live a sustainable
life. We will be performing
2 shows a day and presenting
workshops throughout the festival.
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Mark
your Calendars! Lend your
Carmakers!
What?
Aqua
Chautauqua Tour's details
will appear on our Schedule
Page, as they become available.
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Earlier
2008 Projects:
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March,
2008, our
Chautauqua was, as ever, delighted to
be part of the 5th Annual Moisture
Festival! Same location, same
vaudeville goodness.
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February,
2008, our
Chautauqua, featuring such luminaries
as The Flying Karamazov Brothers,
Jim Page and Tom Noddy, performed
to the benefit of Hospitality House
and ourselves
in:
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Grass
Vally Shows
Click
poster to see large version
Art
by: Alex Anagnostopoulos
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| Summer,
2007, the New Old
Time Chautauqua hit the road with a trip known
as the Big Sky Tour: |
Summer Tour
July, 2007
| March,
2007, the New Old Time
Chautauqua yet again lent our skills and skillets
to a wonderful, annual Seattle event: |
Moisture
Festival
March 25th, 2007
| February,
2007, The Flying Karamazov
Brothers, along with a largely local legion of
lovely New Old Time Chautauquans, presented a
show in: |
Chimacum,
WA
Feb. 18th, 2007
2006
Projects:
| July,
2006, shortly following
a selection of lovely shows with loads of our
long-time friends at the Oregon Country Fair,
the New Old Time Chautauqua presented a show
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Eugene,
OR
July 11th, 2006
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April, 2006,
the New Old Time Chautauqua rolled into
the Gulf Coast Region with a Vaudeville
Show of Music, Juggling, Magic and Comedy
- a gift for our friends in the South.
We called this project: |
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Jambalaya
Tour Group, April, 2006
Photo by: Michelle Bates
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| Early
April, 2006, the New
Old Time Chautauqua once again took part in
a wonderful, annual Seattle event: |
| March,
2006, the
New Old Time Chautauqua presented some shows
in one of our home towns, done with an eye towards
earning money to finance The
Jambalaya Tour described above: |
Port
Townsend, WA
March 23rd & 24th, 2006
Bus Project:
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September
of 2005,
our Chautauqua's biodiesel
& veggie-oil-fueled bus traveled to the Gulf Coast
Region. We partnered with the Peace Movement, from Port
Townsend, Washington, to aid evacuees and others.
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Volunteers
rolled up their sleeves and did whatever needed
to be done - helped folks get to safe havens,
delivered supplies, worked in relief kitchens,
mucked-out homes, etc.
For
more information on that work, visit our Katrina
Bus Project page. For
additional stories and photos, visit www.sistercitysupport.net
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Semicircular Logo Artwork
by : Joan
Matey
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Keep checking our Performance
Schedule page for all of our upcoming shows.
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"What
shall you do with your leisure? I understand that Chautauqua
is trying to answer that question, and to open out fields
of thought, to open out energies, a largeness of mind and
a culture in the better sense."
- President James Garfield, August 1880
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By
the way:
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"Chautauqua"
is pronounced "shuh-TAWK-wuh"
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